Means for stapling tags to articles



. 1,628 848 May 17 1927 R. B. KINGMAN MEANS FOR STAPLING TAGS To ARTILEs2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed NOV. 19 1926 May -17 1927.

R. B. KING-MAN MEANS FOR STAPLING TAGS TQARTICLES Filed Nov. 19 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENToR. y I/JSeZZ.

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Patented -May 17,1921 Y UNITED STATES PATENT oFF'lcE.

' RUSSELL B. KINGMAN, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO METAL TEXTILECORPORATION, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F RHODE IS-LAND.

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App-lication led November 19, 1826. Serial No. 149,333.

This invention relates to the attachment of tags to spongiform articlesand tomechanism' for applying label or similar tags to such articles.

The invention has for its principal object to provide anovel means forattachin a label or similar tag in direct coupled relation to aspongiform article, such as a scouring .device in the form of a ball ormass of other shape made up from knitted metallic fabric,

/ "similar, for example, to that shown in my prior United States Patent#1,533,868, dated LApril 14th, 1925; and the invention has for afurtherobject to provide a novel mechanism for forming and applying the novelltag attaching means cooperatively with the tag and article.

Other objects o'f this invention, not atthis time more. particularlyenumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detaileddescription of the same.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mechanism for forming andapplying a novel tag attaching Ameans cooperatively.. with a tag andarticle; f

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the tag supporting table and tagfastener stationary bending dies of the said mechanism;

Figure 3V is a fragmentary part side elevation and part vertlcalsection, showino the anvil of the mechanism in operative posltion,

and the preliminary bender and driver and bender guide in initial raisedposltlon; and Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of the parts sodisposed, taken on line 4 4 in `Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a view similar to that shown in Figure 3, but illustratingthevprelimina-ry7 bender in operated position, and Figure 6 1s atransverse verticalY section taken on line 6 6 in Figure 5;

Figure 7 is also a view similar to that shown in Figure 3, butillustrating the driver in actuated position to operatively engage thetag fastener means with the stationary bending dies, and Figure 8 is atransverse vertical section taken on line 8-8 in Figure 7 Figure 8A is aview similar to Figure 8 showlng a modified arrangement of the sta'-tionary bending die; and

Figure 9 is a perspective view 'of,.an article having a label tagconnected therewith by Vthe novel attaching means.

Similar characters of reference are employed i'n all of the hereinabovedescribed pling machine modified in accordance with this invention toprovide a means for formv ing and applying the novel tag attaching meanscooperatively with a tag and the article to which the latter is desiredto be connected. Sov far as the initial feeding and forming of the Wirepreparatory to application thereof in the final form providing then'ovel attaching means for connecting a tag with a desired article isconcerned, the mechanism may be similar to that of any suitable type ofwire-stitching or stapling machine, and may consist, for example, in awire feeding and forming mechanism similar tothat disclosed in UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 662,184, dated November 20, 1900, to Briggs etal., in'Which there is provided, in connection with a supportingframe-Work 11, a vertically reciprocable preliminary bender l2 andbender-guide 13, a driver 14 and anvil 15 with which the preliminarybender cooperates, all driven in operative timed relation by suitablepower -transmitting cam mechanism 16; and cooperating-` with thismechanism is the usual wire feeding mechanism 17, which automaticallydelivers the wire (from which the novel attaching means is formed) froma supply roll or spool 18 to the preliminary `bender and drivermechanism.

19 are the aforesaid stationary bending dies 2() having at their freeend chamfered bending noses 22. Said stationary bending dies arelaterally disposed in transversely aligned relation, with their bendingnoses 22 opposed one to the other in desired spaced apart relation, andso as to overhang the opening" 21 of said stationary plate 18. Thebodies of said stationary bending dies 2O are provided with elongatedslots 23 through which pass the fastening screws ,24, which screw intothe plate 19 to thus secure the said dies in desired adjusted position.Fixed on saidv plate 19 to extend forwardly thereonfromjgs'aidistationary bending dies 20 are a pair ofgide plates 25,' oneon each ofthe side marginalv portions of the plate opening 21. Saidguide plates L25 are provided at their inneredges with downwardlystepped supporting ledges 26 to carry a tag T, when the latter isinserted between said guide plates 25. The guide plates 25 thus serve toboth support/the tag T and also to hold the saine against lateraldisplacement during the operation oi applying the novel attaching meansthereto. Suitably secured upon the upper surfaces of said guide plates25 are retainingiplates 27, which possess laterally projecting portions28 extending beyond the v'inner margins of the main body portions ofsaid guide plates 25 ,so as to i overhang said supporting ledges 26. In-

tegrally connected with the inward ends of said retaining plates 2'( arerearwardly projecting extensions or arms 29, having at their free endsdownwardly projecting stop lugs or tongues 30 to engage and stop theinserted' endiof the tag-T, to thereby operatively position the sameover said stationary bending dies 20, all of which will be clearly vunderstood from an inspection of'Figure 2 of the drawings moreparticularly.

The bending` nosesl 22 of the stationaryy dies 20 are adjusted so as tobe disposed 5eneath the preliminary bender` and driver mechanism tooperatively coact therewith.

In the operation of the? machine, the tag T is inserted in 'the tagpositioningmeans,

with its inner end properly positioned above the stationary bending diesy20, and the article to which the tag T is to be connected is held bythe hand of the operator within the plate .opening 21 and beneath thebendingdies 20 and the inserted tag, as shown in Figures 3 to 8inclusive. The article to which the tag is to be connected must be ofpenetrable material, or of interstitial structure calculated to admit ofthe penetration thereinto of the prongs of the novel attaching means ofthis invention. Forv example, scouring devices formed from a preformedmass of knitted metallicl fabric, such as already above referred to, andindicated in the accompanying drawin st by thel reference character A.are especia ly adapted to receive the connection of tag therewith bymeans of the novel attaching means according to this invention. When,therefore, suchv an article is held and pressed-upwardly through theplate opening 21 and against the underside ofthe stationary bending dies20 the operation of the machine will both form and apply the novelattaching meanscooperatively with and tothe tag and article inthevfollowing manner The wire 31fserved by the wire feeding mechanism 17is also cut or severed by the latter and delivered upon the shoulders32of the anvil 15, which is initially outwardly rojected in the path ofthe normally raised ender 12, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. When thesevered wire is thus delivered the mechanism operates tolower the bender12. 4

,which bends the wire over the anvil 15 into the `staple form 31', asshown in Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings. After the wire is thus bentinto staple form to provide the downwardly7 projecting prongs,themechanism operates to withdraw the anvil 15, and thereafter to lower thedriver 14, which moves or thrusts downwardly the wire staple lyitsAprongs being guided bythe grooves of the bender 12. As the wire staple31 is thus downwardly moved, its prongs are caused first to pierce thebody of the tag T, and then engage the underlying bending noses 22 ofthestationary bending 'dies 20, so as to be downwardly moved against thesame. This movement of the staple prongs in engagement with said bendingnoses 22 causes thel same to be inwardly and downwardly directed andcurved, so so that the same are caused to penetratingly move into theinterstitial body of thearticle A,` as it is held beneath the stationarydies and the overlying tag, all as shown in Figures 7 and 8 of thedrawings. As thus bent the prongs of the staple 31 form o posed grippingfingers f which are interloc ed in the material of the article A, thusserving very eiliciently as an attaching connection for unitin the labeltag T therewith.

4It will e understood that the stationary die arrangement of the devicema be Varlously modified to produce the bendmg of the prongs of staple31,', in otherthan the inwardly directed manner above described.

For example the prongs ma be outwardl 'deflected and y y bent in adesired direction as indicated in Figure 8^, wherein the' modiedstationary die 20 is positioned to accomplish such result.

The product of themechanism, functioning in the manner above described,is a ta ged article, the tag of which is positively united thereto so asnot to become easily deet the label tags f gagement with t Aably mountedAon sai maas-1s chamfered bending noses. beneath which the article maybe h'e d, and means to support and position a tag over said bendingmeans whereby operation of-said driver thrusts theA prongs of a formedstaple. through said tag into engagement 'with said bending noses whichturn said lprongs into penetrating ene article.

2. In a machine for attaching label tags to penetrable articles, thecombination with a Wire staple forming `mechanism.v and a driver, of anunderlying stationary plate having an opening aligned to the path ofmovement of said driver, apair of opposed.

bending dies adjustplate, said bending dies Having chamfered bendingnoses overhanging said plate opening, and beneath spaced apart stationaywhich the article may be held, and means on said plate to supportv andyposition a tag over said bending dies whereby operation of said driverthrusts the prongs of a formed staple through said -tag into engagementwith, said bending noses which turn said prongs intopenetrating-engagement with the artic e.

- 3, In a machine Tor attaching label tags to bending means "having-inner'ends of said bending dies, all w this 6th day -of November, 1926.v

pena-.fable articles, the, cbmbimtion with a' wire stapleforming'mechanism and a driver, of an underlying stationarplate havingan opening aligned to the pat of movement of said driver, a pair ofopposed spaced apart stationary, bending dies mounted on said plate,said bending1 dies havin 'chamfered endin noses at t eir oppose innerends toover ang said plate opening and beneath which i vthe article lmaybeheld, .laterally spaced apart guide.- lateson said statioliael1 platebetween whc a tag may be inse and retaining platesV on said ide-plateshaving portions, `to overhang t e inserted. Y

tag, said overhanginlg portions having stopportions to enga e t reinserted end of said tag to position t e same over theA oplposed ereby'operation 'of said driver thrusts the prongs of' a-'formed staplethrough said "tag into engagementwith said bending noses which turn saidprongs intopenetratingf-engagement with the article. l f

. In testimony, that :I claim, the inventionset forth above Ihavehereunto set my hand" nUssEfiiL B; Gin i'

